Jobcentres: Copeland

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job vacancies were available through the jobcentres in Copeland in the financial year ending  (a) March 1997 and  (b) March 2007.

Jim Murphy: The available information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus in the Copeland parliamentary constituency 
			  Financial year  Number of vacancies 
			 2004-05 3,220 
			 2005-06 2,250 
			 2006-07 3,050 
			  Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Information is only available at constituency level from April 2004. 3. Figures are not fully comparable over time and may not indicate developments in the labour market.  Source:  DWP Information Directorate Jobcentre Plus Labour Market System.

New Deal

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total expenditure was on each New Deal programme for each year since 1997-98.

Jim Murphy: The available information is in the following table.
	
		
			  £ million 
			   New deal for young people  New deal for 25 plus  New deal for young people and new deal 25 plus  New deal for 50 plus  New deal for lone parents  New deal for disabled people  New deal for partners  Total 
			 1997-98 12 — — — — — — 12 
			 1998-99 162 17 — — 1 — — 180 
			 1999-2000 282 71 — 1 12 15 — 381 
			 2000-01 293 42 — 45 14 7 1 402 
			 2001-02 219 140 — 82 9 4 2 456 
			 2002-03 221 167 — 82 18 16 — 504 
			 2003-04 264 189 — 41 20 28 — 542 
			 2004-05 254 179 — 3 24 65 1 526 
			 2005-06 — — 3231 1 26 68 1 419 
			 Total 1,707 805 3231 255 124 203 5 3,422 
			  Notes: 1. There is no split currently available between new deal for young people and new deal 25 plus for 2005-06. The expenditure has been presented as a combined figure until an apportionment is made in the departmental report. 2. Spend data includes all new deal programme costs and allowances paid to participants apart from the 50 plus element of the working tax credit. As this is not included, new deal 50 plus costs reduce after 2002-03. 3. Following agreement with HM Treasury in 2002-03, ring fences were removed from new deal. Administrative costs are excluded as it is no longer possible to identify the costs of administering the costs of each new deal separately from the costs of other labour market activities. 4. Expenditure data includes start-up costs. 5. Following changes to the new deal 25 plus programme in April 2001 when a mandatory intensive activity period was introduced, programme costs rose significantly. 6. Expenditure for new deal for partners in 2002-03 and 2003-04 is not recorded in the table as, excluding administrative costs, costs were around £300,000 for both years and all figures are rounded to the nearest million. New deal for partners was re-launched in April 2004. 7. Programme start dates are: new deal for young people: January 1998; new deal 25 plus: July 1998; new deal for lone parents: October 1998; new deal for partners: April 1999; new deal 50 plus: April 2000; new deal for disabled people: July 2001 (new deal for disabled people pilots ran from September 1998 to June 2001). 8. Latest figures are to March 2006.  Source: DWP Departmental Reports 2004-05, Jobcentre Plus Accounts 2005-06

New Deal

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of the new deal programme in each of the years for which figures are available since its inception, broken down by region.

Jim Murphy: holding answer 23 April 2007
	 The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  New deal spend by region/country 
			  £ million 
			  Region  1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  Total 
			 East Midlands — 8 17 18 20 21 20 20 13 136 
			 East of England — 7 14 14 13 14 16 17 18 112 
			 London — 11 33 36 39 51 66 77 59 371 
			 North East — 12 25 28 31 31 32 30 19 207 
			 North West — 14 37 40 43 43 51 44 39 311 
			 Office for Scotland — 10 34 40 38 45 46 42 31 286 
			 Office for Wales — 7 20 23 21 24 23 22 13 154 
			 South East — 6 12 14 12 15 18 22 23 121 
			 South West — 9 17 19 18 18 19 21 16 137 
			 West Midlands — 8 20 22 30 31 33 31 21 196 
			 Yorkshire and Humberside — 18 36 39 36 38 37 33 36 273 
			 Non regional(1) 12 70 115 110 155 174 182 168 131 1,118 
			 Total (2)12 180 381 402 456 504 542 526 419 3,422 
			 (1) Relates to centrally administered expenditure, some of which is spent locally, for example, new deal allowances. Also includes new deal programme research. (2) Expenditure in the 1997-98 financial year was centrally administered.  Notes: 1. Figures exclude administrative expenditure. 2. Figures are subject to rounding differences and totals may not sum due to rounding.  Source:  Departmental Report up to March 2005;  Jobcentre Plus Accounts to March 2006.